Working with Marni was a key accelerator in refining my leadership style to meet the needs of a challenging role.
Marni stood out immediately as different from other coaches. She is practical and pragmatic, but also deeply intuitive and vision focused. She asked hard questions, listened with empathy, and pinpointed both my strengths to leverage and my growth areas in a way prior managers and mentors hadn’t distilled so clearly. Marni exposed the path forward for meaningful change.
Over the course of our engagement, we were able to focus on applying structured frameworks to the messy problem of the moment for immediate benefit. Her workshopping approach balanced actions and mindset so that I could adopt new practices and stay authentic. With Marni, I was able to candidly reflect and iterate.
The value of Marni’s coaching is ongoing. The work we did together is now part of my permanent toolkit, providing a resource for both setting my vision for change and the ways to accomplish it.
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Your style is wasted on anyone who’s looking to fine-tune — your superpower is showing the path for real (and necessary) change.
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I felt SEEN in a way that I have with very few other people – you figured me out fast in both positive and limiting areas.
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I felt SAFE in sharing candid and real information.
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You pull out the motivation to do the hard things – I wanted to see the change in myself that you saw in me … it’s still a part of my reflection / refocus process.
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Your style satisfied my Type-A pragmatic needs and calmed my overstimulated overwhelmed brain — a delicate balance that’s difficult to do when I’m in a pressure-cooker situation.
I would not be where I am today without my partnership with Marni.
I started working with Marni 3 years ago as my executive coach. I wasn’t paired with her, but rather I selected her after interviewing several coaches due to her energy and communication style. I had no way of knowing then what an impact her coaching would have on me and those around me. I sought out an executive coach to help me refine my greatest strengths to increase my executive presence and impact, while wanting to learn how to tame the less desirable behaviors that were getting me in the way of my professional goals. While I had received consistent feedback over the years, I never knew what to do with it. I can confidently say that working with Marni has helped me build the tool kit to be the best professional version of myself. And those same skills have been applicable in my personal life. I would not be where I am today without my partnership with Marni.
Officer, Top Investment Management Firm
This program proved to be a small investment with large returns.
With the world climate and pressures of today, being afforded this opportunity to look at myself and evaluate how I am perceived by others was an absolute eye opener. This program proved to be a small investment with large returns. By highlighting positive leadership qualities and areas of focus to improve, I was able to humbly put into action small changes in my daily routines that provided great results. Marni’s technique of helping to self-identify opportunities within my management style and truly understanding how they impact others proved to be a springboard in both my personal and professional lives.
You have been a life changing friend and professional mentor. I know it’s technically your job but you make it a personal non-judgmental experience and I wouldn’t be where I am today both personally and professionally without having our time together. What could have been a stressful and anxiety ridden period in between jobs was actually smooth. I feel I owe this to you for introducing me to meditation and some really great literature that prepared me. The old James would have worried and been angered by what transpired. But being grounded, present, and at peace with my life, it all worked out for the best.
Marni will get you out of your comfort zone so you can grow as a leader and executive.
After a few sessions, she will know you better than you know yourself! I was always impressed how well she understood business and team situations that I shared…like she was right there with me even though we worked together remotely.
Marni will understand your unique qualities that make you an authentic leader and she will ask you to develop new skills that you did not realize you needed.
Marni taught me to be a direct communicator and to have ‘crucial conversations’ with colleagues.
I’m grateful for my coaching sessions with Marni and especially thankful that she taught me the importance of a consistent meditation practice. As a result of the time I spent with Marni, I approach situations in all parts of my life with more clarity, wisdom, and effectiveness. I can highly recommend her coaching services!
Marni helped me re-gain a belief in myself.
Marni is an exceptional executive coach. At what I thought was the peak—and standstill–of my career, she helped me re-gain a belief in myself which, after leadership and organizational changes, I had lost. She gave me very pragmatic techniques that improved my conscience presence and were a primary factor in my winning a very competitive promotion.
It was our work that gave me the courage and confidence to make this move. I can’t thank you enough for all the insights, ideas, support, and motivation to move forward … I’m truly happy, completely engaged, and making a difference!
I haven’t felt this alive and of use in a long time.
Last September, I attended a life-changing three-day retreat with Marni Gauthier. I was at a real low point personally and professionally at that time. The retreat and a year’s-worth of weekly and then monthly private sessions with Marni set so many things in motional that have now borne tremendous fruit and satisfaction. I haven’t felt this alive and of use in a long time. In so many ways the things Marni skillfully guided me to understand and focus on helped me prepare for the Coronavirus shutdown just six months later. Now my business is vital and strong in a time when our services are needed more than ever. I feel like I am expressing my life purpose in the work that I am doing in providing important mental health services during the shutdown. I’m also grateful for the many ways Marni reminds me to see the bigger picture of all the amazing forces at play in the universe. She broadens my personal vision and understanding of how my talents and skills can be a force for good in the world.
I am so grateful to Marni for this work we have done together.
Diana Nielsen, Founder and Managing Director, Far West Family Services
Marni is a wise and gifted coach.
Marni is a wise and gifted coach, utilizing her skills and experiences as a writer, teacher, leader, athlete and mother to guide me to clarify dreams and set goals. She is an invaluable sounding board for all things important: family, relationships, work, and passions. While she is energetic, passionate and inspiring, she calmly and clearly reflects back to me what it is I really want, but have a hard time knowing for certain. She is at once rational, logical and analytical, but also understands and respects the importance of dreams and intuition.
Marni knocked it out of the park!
You can’t teach what she does. She listens to everybody in the room and brings back the various points to weave them into relational learning.
The best thing about our leadership offsite was Marni’s energy and knowledge. Rich discussion, great examples.
Fabulous facilitator!
Very energetic and knowledgeable! The best aspect of the LEAD courses was Marni. Her interaction; her passion and adaptive mind. She is an excellent listener. She is engaging and very interactive, drawing everyone in. She created an open learning environment, engagement with our peers, class participation and involvement, and taught tools for critical communications.
